# Shoaib Afzal

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/shoaib-afzal/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 17,146 |
| Field | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research |
| h-index | 58 |
| i10-index | 148 |
| Last Known Institution | University of Copenhagen |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5002199943 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1442-4694 |
| Works | 302 |

## Researcher papers

- [Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants](https://scholariq.org/papers/worldwide-trends-in-hypertension-prevalence-and-progress-in-treatment-and/)
- [Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults](https://scholariq.org/papers/worldwide-trends-in-underweight-and-obesity-from-1990-to-2022-a-pooled-analysis/)
- [Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants](https://scholariq.org/papers/worldwide-trends-in-diabetes-prevalence-and-treatment-from-1990-to-2022-a-pooled/)
- [Refining the accuracy of validated target identification through coding variant fine-mapping in type 2 diabetes](https://scholariq.org/papers/refining-the-accuracy-of-validated-target-identification-through-coding-variant/)
- [Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants](https://scholariq.org/papers/height-and-body-mass-index-trajectories-of-school-aged-children-and-adolescents/)
- [Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight](https://scholariq.org/papers/heterogeneous-contributions-of-change-in-population-distribution-of-body-mass/)

## Researcher topics

- [Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research](https://scholariq.org/topics/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-research/)
- [Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health](https://scholariq.org/topics/lipoproteins-and-cardiovascular-health/)
- [Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins](https://scholariq.org/topics/diabetes-cardiovascular-risks-and-lipoproteins/)
- [Vitamin D Research Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/vitamin-d-research-studies-2/)
- [Asthma and respiratory diseases](https://scholariq.org/topics/asthma-and-respiratory-diseases/)

## Researcher university

- [University of Copenhagen](https://scholariq.org/institutions/university-of-copenhagen/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.